Shirt collar



NOV. 7, 1939i Q C CHAPEL V I 2,78,777

SHIRT .COLLAR Filed Sept. 9, 1937 Chula/vaar CHAPEL ATTORNEYS.

Patented Nov. '7, i939 1 Claim.

It is a well known fact that collars, whether attached to a shirt or separably connected therewith, often shrink to such an extent that they cannot be closed properly at the front, an unsightly and untidy appearance resulting, and it being necessary to cast aside a shirt or collar which otherwise is capable of further service.

The foregoing being understood, this inven tion aims to provide a construction wherein the aforementioned undesirable conditions will be obviated, an adjustment of the collar at the front, being possible, through the instrumentality of a tongue which is so housed at its free end that it will not impede the adjustment o1" a necktie about the collar.

The device is of use not only in connection with shirts which have shrunk, but also for the purpose of enabling the wearer' to have a perfectly tting shirt or collar, between the ordinary halfinch measurements. Moreover, it will produce a better tting shirt or collar even though the article, in the absence of the device forming the subject matter of this application, may conform roughly and generally to the size required.

Another object of the invention is to secure a perfectly tting collar, even though the ordinary collar button is retained.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description progresses, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts, and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that a shirt maker or collar maker can depart from the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, within the scope of what is claimed, without departing in corresponding degree from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Fig, 1 shows in elevation, a shirt equipped with the device forming the subject matter of this applic ation;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2--2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. l;

Fig. 4 is a perspective showing the parts separated;

5 Fig. 5 is a perspective showing a separable collar embodying the invention, the shirt being disclosed beneath it.

In Figs. l to 4, the numeral l marks a collar, including an outer wall ll, and an inner wall 2, the inner Wall 2 being connected to a shirt 3. The inner wall 2 embodies a rst or outer layer 5, and a second or inner layer E, the said layers being stitched together, after the common practice. Between the layers E and 6 of the inner wall 2 there exists a pocket l, access to which is had through a slit or opening 8, formed in the outer layer 5 and set back a little from the end edge of the inner wall 2, as Fig. l will disclose. The inner Wall 2 has a projecting tongue il, the free end of which is adapted to be inserted into the pocket l', through the opening The tree end of the tonguey il can slide in the pocket "i and the collar may be adjusted as to size, the tongue 9, however, bridging the space between the forward edges of the inner wall 2 and no unsightly apipearance will result, an observation which will be manifest when Fig. i of the drawing is noted. Because the end or" the tongue d is housed in the pocket l, the end or" the tongue in nowise will interiere with the adjustment of a necktie about the collar,

In Fig. 5, parts hereinbefore described have been designated by numerals already used, with the suini: the collar la is separable from he shirt 3a. The inner wall 2o has a tongue il) overlapped by the tongue da. The collar band or the shirt is marked by the numeral i i and has the usual button holes iii. The tongue iii has a button hole ifi, and there is a button hole I5 in the tongue Si, the button hole l5 being enlarged and elongated sufliciently so that it can slide freely on the collar button (not shown) without interfering with the sliding movement of the tongue @a` in the pocket, through the opening 8a.

The device is simple in construction but it provides for an adjustment in the absence of which many collars, whether attached to a shirt or not, otherwise would become useless. The untidy effect produced by a gapping collar will be obviated. The tongue ii, tting closely but slidably in the opening E, will keep the forward ends of the collar in line and one end of the collar will not move upwardly above the other end, with correspondingly undesirable results as to appearance.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A collar comprising a wall embodying inner and outer layers defining a pocket therebetween, the outer layer having an opening giving access to the pockeuthe wall being provided with transversely projecting over-lapped tongues bridging the space between the ends of the wall, one tongue having a free end longitudinally slidable in the pocket and insertible thereinto through the opening, the tongues having button holes, and the button hole of said one tongue being enlarged and` elongated to aiiord free longitudinal sliding movement of said one tongue on a collar button and corresponding to the sliding movement of said one tongue in the opening and in the pocket.k

CHAUNCEY C; CHAPEL. 

